Leith fared rather better in the second flight, finishing second in 1896, 1897 and 1899, but they could not muster enough votes to be elected back into the First Division.

In 1905, having failed again in the end of 1905 season voting, Leith Athletic were wound up and a new limited company formed to take over the old club's assets.

Blessington was transferred to Celtic in June 1893 for £20, and would gain four caps for Scotland against England and Ireland.

[1] Despite this triumph, they failed to be elected to the First Division,[1] as runners-up Clyde and fourth placed Hamilton Academical were preferred.

Leith and Raith Rovers finished level on points and were declared joint champions in 1910.

It was becoming apparent that the two most prominent Edinburgh clubs, Heart of Midlothian and Hibernian were blocking attempts by Leith to progress.

An attempt in 1945 to revive St Bernard's, who had lost their ground in 1943 through a merger with Leith Athletic came to nothing.

In 2005, they attained their first Scottish amateur international, when Paul Lee played in a 2–1 win against Leinster.

In the same year, Danny Swanson, Douglas Thom and Shaun Woodburn were capped for the Scottish Youth Football Association under-19 team, playing against Mid Ulster and Wales.

After World War II the ground required rebuilding, and Leith spent the 1946–47 season at the adjacent New Meadowbank.

In the early 1950s an experimental floodlit match was played against an invitation XI including the then leading Arsenal player, Jimmy Logie.